When god closes a door he opens a window is not in fact in the bible.
Bible when god closes a door he opens a window.
God may for a time leave us in a room with the door firmly closed without the refreshment of an open window.
Closed doors in the bible we ve all heard the saying if god closes a door he will open a window or if god closes one door he will open another.
I m not sure what concerned me more.
These specific phrases are not found in the bible they are in fact from the movie the sound of music but there are quite a few verses about closed doors that can be found.
I know all the things you do and i have opened a door for you that no one can close.
The quote would be better stated when god closes a door he might open a window when the door closes we should be praying for clarity of direction.
When god closes a door he opens a window is not the kind of colloquial wisdom to build your life on.
You have little strength yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me revelation 3 8.
The window might open it might not.
Not every opportunity in our lives comes from god.
That this well known christian cliché was not in the word or the fact that i had no good reason for my season of camping out in front of that proverbial closed door.
But we can ask him to open a door for us or we can recognize he has done so.